Sheet-metal ear for kettles



'F. W; JUDD.

SHEET METAL EAR FOR KETTLES, 6w.

Patented Oct. 29, 1889'.

(No Model.)

WtTNEEtSESQ zen of the United States, residing at Cleve- Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful -which are secured to the sides of akettle,

, which the bail maybe connected.

suitably-shaped blank of sheet metal to form 'ing thereof.

. ofany convenient shape and form thewihgs,

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED W. JUDD, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AVERY STAMP- INGCOMPANY, OF OHIO.

FoR KETTLES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,856, dated October29, 1889; I Application filed February 20, 1889. SerialNo. 300,533- (Nomodel.)

To allwhom it may concern: 7

Be it known'that I, FRED W. J UDD, a citiland, in the county of Ouyahogaand State of Improvements in Sheet-Metal Ears for -Kettles, &c., ofwhich the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of devices pail, or other vesse1,-toserve as ears, with It consists of an ear made by bending a adoublevertical rib, through which is formed a hole, by whichthe loop ofthe bail may be site directions substantially at right angles to saidrib, whereby the ear may be attached to the kettle.

It also consists in the novel-shaped blank herein shown. and described;and it also consists of an ear of the specified details ofconstructionherein shown, resulting from the precise method of bendingsaid blank, all of which is pointed outdefinitely in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective end of av bail attachedthereto in one of the ways in which said bail maybe attached. Fig. 2 isaplan view offja blank from which said ear is constructed by the properbend- This blank consistsof a rectangular central part a, two end pieces0 c, which may be and the two parts 12 .b, lying between said parts aand c c, which are substantially triangular in form. This blank is bentin the rectangular-part a in the direction of the 40 lines 1 1 and thetwo parts I) I) brought side by side, thereby forming a double rib B.The blank is also bent at the points indicated by the lines 2 2 inoppositedirections until the Wings 0 0 lie substantially at right anglesto the double rib B. A hole I) is punched or drilled through the doublerib B to aiford means for attaching the bail D, and holes 0 c are alsoformed in the wings, whereby it may be attached to the kettle.

In the form of the finished ear shown in the drawings the rectangularpart a of the blank isbent into a substantially cylindrical form, andthe hole 6' through the double rib is formed close beneath it. Thiscylindrically- 5 5 bent part adds greatly to the strength of the ear,and at'the same time serves as an arbor upon which the bail may beeasily turned,

. Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sheet-metal blank consisting of a rectangular part a, the ends a c,and the substantially-triangular intermediate parts I) b, for thepurpose specified. I l 2. A sheet-metal kettle-ear consisting of thevertical double rib B, having a hole I) and'a cylindrically-bent part Aupon its upper edge, and the wings a c, bent in opposite direct-ionssubstantially at right angles tosaid 7o rib, for the purpose specified.

' FRED W. JUDD.

' Witnesses: E. L; THURSTON, R. W. WATsoN;

